azrhino Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 This looks like such a wonderful kit, I am going to have to increase my order to 2. Keep up the great work! Quote
neptunesurvey Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 The Ghost is a work of art. Just beautiful. Quote
THOR Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 we are not worthy.... i'll finally have my all-time favorites in 1/72 cat's eye, dragon, monster and ghost! this is truly a dream come true... my last request will be for a stampede valk.... Quote
Ranger565 Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 oh, oh, oh, oh wow, like /faint and stuff. soon as you say pay. i will be hitting my Paypal button! Quote
godfather Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 Count me in for one of these beauties 378228[/snapback] Ditto! Quote
TER-OR Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 (edited) Looks great. Count me in for one, once they're ready. Actually, make it two - a buddy will want one for sure. And thanks to Brian for cluing me in... Edited March 11, 2006 by TER-OR Quote
Valkyrie Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 Looks great.Count me in for one, once they're ready. Actually, make it two - a buddy will want one for sure. And thanks to Brian for cluing me in... 379206[/snapback] Heh! Yea, Neil will be all over this one Quote
Kylwell Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 awe crap. I'm in, please add my sorry broke butt to the list of resin junkies. This in one beautiful build. Quote
honneamise Posted March 11, 2006 Author Posted March 11, 2006 OMG over 50 plus at least 2 for myself, guess I need to make 3 runs already. Quote
cobywan Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 OMG over 50 plus at least 2 for myself, guess I need to make 3 runs already. Â 379323[/snapback] At what point do you just outsource the casting to someone who does it full time? If it is too much you can go through Starship Modeler's services. I had to give up on the Galactica when I had over 150 requests. I just sold the pattern outright and that allowed me to move on to the next project. Quote
Grayson72 Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Hi ain't got nothing else to do, right Thorsten? Quote
Gundamhead Posted March 12, 2006 Posted March 12, 2006 Yeah, but 50 is a ton of work for a guy doing both mastering, pics, molding, casting, instructions, packaging and sales. If it weren't for Jesse, I'da given up offering any kits I made years ago. I really don't think the casual resin kit buyer has any idea how much work goes into it for him to have a copy in his hands. Many of these guys are just fans of a certain show and try to make fellow fans happy, which usually results in 'Are ya done yets' and 'that's too much money' types of comments. And if the guy is doing everything, he's not mastering anything new. Quote
cobywan Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 I hear ya. I only made 30 and was sick of making them. Quote
honneamise Posted March 13, 2006 Author Posted March 13, 2006 Hi ain't got nothing else to do, right Thorsten? 379487[/snapback] Haha, well sort of... on my to-do-list are: an architectural model (but a small one), two planes, one Rerry Rhodan (German SciFi novel series) spaceship I´m building for its designer and I´ll soon be working on a set of heads for 1/10 tank drivers. While that´s not exactly "nothing" I still do not work fulltime on these, so, as long as it doesn´t get too busy, I think I will do all the casting for the Ghost at home. We´ll see how long I really LIKE it, the 20something castings for the Oberth didn´t bother me too much, but this time it is a lot more- not only more kits but more parts per kit as well. Still, I´m more comfortable when I do the quality control myself. Of course Gundamhead is right, it takes an awful lot of time that could be spent on a new master, but on the other hand I like the thought that I did the whole project from start to finish. It´s over when the last box is shipped -if it takes longer I know it is just my fault, but I don´t have to wait for some other guy who will put it all on top of his own to-do-list and may take even longer at the end or deliver a sloppy job because he just wants to get it out of the way quickly. Of course if I had to do this IN ADDITION to a fulltime job plus having 150 preorders like cobywan had with his Galactica (still need to get one, it is awesome) I would not hesitate to go and find a reliable caster!! Quote
chrono Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 Hi ain't got nothing else to do, right Thorsten? 379487[/snapback] one Rerry Rhodan (German SciFi novel series) spaceship I´m building for its designer 379735[/snapback] OMG! Dude you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get hooked up with PR in the States! Put up some images of that project and I'm sure you'll have people looking to buy a kit or 3. Quote
honneamise Posted March 13, 2006 Author Posted March 13, 2006 Hi ain't got nothing else to do, right Thorsten? 379487[/snapback] one Rerry Rhodan (German SciFi novel series) spaceship I´m building for its designer 379735[/snapback] OMG! Dude you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get hooked up with PR in the States! Put up some images of that project and I'm sure you'll have people looking to buy a kit or 3. 379747[/snapback] There are really PR fans in the States?! And I thought that was just a German/maybe European thing - I was obviously wrong . I´m no expert in these things but the ship I´m building is a 30m class Kaskaya "Class Small Corvette" called "Minor globe", scale is 1/200 and it won´t be a kit, just a one off for a friend who spends his spare time drawing these painstakingly detailed cutaway profiles that appear in the novels every 4 weeks or so. He has a Spacejet in the works, almost the same size as the lousy Revell model but about 500% more detail with cockpit interior, Hangar and everything plus completely modern looking outer design, less like the old 60s tin cans, more along the lines of NASA/2001 design. He wants (me)to make a short run resin kit of it but he is progressing very slow. And I´m not even sure those complicated parts CAN be casted that easily. We´ll see - someday I´ll post some pics of the ship I´m building in the "workbench" thread when there is more to be seen than just a ball with lots of engravings, but for obvious reasons this project is definitely taking the backseat at the moment. Quote
Guest Bromgrev Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 Perry Rhodan!! Chrono is right, that's a great franchise and one that is sadly under-exposed. I'm sure Starship Modeller would make an excellent platform if you should grow and extra pair of hands or three, and decide to make a PR kit. You might have to lease some factory space, though ... Quote
honneamise Posted March 13, 2006 Author Posted March 13, 2006 Perry Rhodan!! Chrono is right, that's a great franchise and one that is sadly under-exposed. I'm sure Starship Modeller would make an excellent platform if you should grow and extra pair of hands or three, and decide to make a PR kit. You might have to lease some factory space, though ... 379832[/snapback] Now that the PR stuff is coming up, I remember I did a run of about 20 small Spacejets for the same guy a few years ago. I need to ask him for some pics or even better, find the one I own - where the hell did I put this thing? Maybe he´d like to offer them again, he used to sell them at PR Conventions (well basically some dozen people gathering in a small room and talking technobabble ) but I´m sure he has never considered to have them for sale on a big site like SSM! OK maybe I´ll talk to him in a few months when the Ghost is done or I´ll have him hanging on the phone all day Did you know that a few years ago there were plans to make a PR mini-series? Unfortunately, the producers did not hire ANY of the authors for the story nor the original designers for the ships/hardware, so from what I heard it sounded like some generic SciFi series with no resemblance to PR at all. Interest faded and they scrapped the project. That´s how SciFi is handled here in Germany ! The only decent movie stuff I remember coming from Germany were Wolfgang Petersen´s "Enemy Mine" and Emmerich´s "Moon 44", but these two moved on to Hollywood - guess why? Quote
chrono Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Well whenever you get around to building some PR kits I'll definatly point about dozen+ people your way. Quote
Mechleader Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 WOW!!!! Great work!!! Put me down for one!!!!!!! Quote
electric indigo Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 The only decent movie stuff I remember coming from Germany were Wolfgang Petersen´s "Enemy Mine" and Emmerich´s "Moon 44", but these two moved on to Hollywood - guess why?  379858[/snapback] Well, Emmerich made "Das Arche Noah Prinzip" before, basically in a garage, but that was also his last good movie, IMO. -i- Quote
cokefiend Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Ive been sitting on the fence regarding this one as it isnt one of my favorite designs but after seeing the latest photos I can honestly say I want one! Put me down please. Quote
Penguin Posted March 14, 2006 Posted March 14, 2006 Put me down please. 380240[/snapback] You're funny looking and you dress off-season... ...just kidding. Quote
honneamise Posted March 22, 2006 Author Posted March 22, 2006 News? 382646[/snapback] I had another architectural model to finish while I was in the middle of the mold making process. Not even well paid and more work than anticipated, but it´s finished now! Still, most of the molds for the small parts are already done, one half of the main fuselage is ready and I got all the resin and extra silicone for at least 30 kits a few days ago, so the project is well underway again. Quote
THOR Posted March 23, 2006 Posted March 23, 2006 Honneamise, There aren't many heroes in this world but you are one of them! -THOR Quote
nanashino Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Can I order a second kit please? Its sooooooo beautiful! The Nameless Advisor www.macrossmecha.info Guess I'll start the wanted list here then:Total: 54 Grayson 3 Cobywan 2 Penguin 2 Viceland 2 Myersjessee 1 Gabe Q 1 boinger 1 THOR 2 007-vf1 1 Darklord4 1 LTSO 1 nanashino 1 AZRhino 2 jipe 1 Jasonc 1 jorawar_b 2 akim 1 Ranger565 2 Lo-pan 1 Pat S 1 Mechmaster 1 Neptunesurvey 3 Major Tom 1 Goshawk 1 Goldenboy Forever 1 cool8or 1 Wheels 1 VF17 2 Cdr Fokker 1 Bertt 1 Gundamhead 1 Neova 3 Mr Jones 1 Godfather 1 TER-OR 2 xstoys 1 Kylwell 1 Mechleader 1 cokefiend 1 334153[/snapback] Quote
jardann Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Good Gracious! I just noticed that I am not on the list. Please put me down for one kit! SSSSTAT!!! Quote
Valkyrie Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 holy crap, I'm not either! Put me down for one! Quote
honneamise Posted March 31, 2006 Author Posted March 31, 2006 I´ve just finished more or less all of the molds and they seem to work. Here is a view of my "production line" - hope to get the first +/-20 kits done within the next two weeks. Quote
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